Anti-terrorism Laws in Pakistan

Counter-terrorism and counter-extremism are multi-pronged drives which range from kinetic anti-terror operations leading to arrest and prosecution of terrorists to countering financing of terrorism and developing soft interventions aimed at reducing the appeal of extremism. Therefore countering terrorism cannot be covered through a single piece of legislation nor a single agency. The various laws (and their relevant implementing agencies) that are meant to deal with various aspects of anti-terrorism and counter-extremism are listed below in chronological order for ease of reference.

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1

Arms Act, 1878

Police Departments

2

Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947

State Bank of Pakistan

3

Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962

State Bank of Pakistan

4

Anti Terrorism Act, 1997

Police, CTDs, FIA

5

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Ordinance, 2000

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

6

Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010

FIA, NAB

7

Investigation for Fair Trial act 2013

Police Departments/ Intelligence agencies

8

Anti Terrorism Amendment Act 2013

Police, CTDs, FIA

9

Anti Terrorism (2nd amendment) act 2013

Police, CTDs, FIA

10

NACTA Act, 2013

NACTA

11

Protection of Pakistan Ordinance 2013 (Lapsed)

Police, Armed Forces/Civil Armed Forces

12

Protection of Pakistan (amendment) Ordinance 2014 (Lapsed)

Police, Armed Forces/Civil Armed Forces

13

Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016

FIA (Cyber Crimes Wing)

14

NACTA Act (amendment), 2017

NACTA

Published byNACTAonSeptember 7, 2017, Last Updated by NACTAonJanuary 17, 2018

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NACTA was established as an administrative entity under Ministry of Interior in 2008. However, it was reorganized as federal authority vide NACTA Act 2013 to act as a focal national institution and unify state response to counter extremism and terrorism by combining the efforts of law enforcement & intelligence agencies and by formulating and implementing policies & action plans through continuous research, adaptive innovation and ancillary mechanisms.